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单词 narcotics anonymous
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Narcotics Anonymousn.

Brit. /nɑːˌkɒtɪks əˈnɒnᵻməs/, U.S. /nɑrˈkɑdɪks əˈnɑnəməs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: narcotic n., anonymous n. and adj.
Etymology: < the plural of narcotic n. + anonymous n. and adj., after Alcoholics Anonymous n. at alcoholic adj. and n. Compounds 2.
Originally U.S.
A self-help organization for recovering drug addicts, following a philosophy modelled on that of Alcoholics Anonymous. Abbreviated NA.
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1950 N.Y. Times 18 June 59/1 Group therapy to help addicts to abstain from the use of narcotics has been applied successfully on a small but increasing scale here by Narcotics Anonymous.
1970 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 35 1117 A multitude of organizations..Alcoholics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Synanon.
1997 D. Simon & E. Burns Corner 125 Working full-time and still chasing his Narcotics Anonymous meetings, he couldn't hope to handle the weekday practices.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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